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- GRAPEVINE, Page 9WHEN THE BOSS FEARS A BACKLASH
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- By JANICE CASTRO/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- Dozens of American corporate executives have been calling
- the FBI to say they are worried that workers they have fired
- will come back to kill them. One major bank that fired hundreds
- of employees, coldly informing them by mail, contacted the FBI
- for advice after the chairman received an anonymous threat of
- mass murder. FBI psychological experts, who concluded that the
- sender was a middle manager due for layoff, do not believe he
- will carry out his threat. But agent John Douglas, the agency's
- top behavioral-science expert, advises that all such threats
- must be taken seriously. Workplace shootings are increasing. One
- reason: many people no longer have the comfort of family and
- community ties that once cushioned the blow of job loss.
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